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The list of President Donald Trump's pardons and clemencies so far looks a lot like a supermarket tabloid: In other words, a lot like Trump's life itself. There's Rod Blagojevich with his saucy smile, and there's smug Joe Arpaio. Every president's pardon list contains some self-serving or controversial picks; think of then-President Bill Clinton's pardon for Marc Rich or former President Barack Obama's commutation of Chelsea Manning's sentence to time served. But every other president in American history has chosen some worthy recipients of executive clemency as well, some reformed souls whos...

Save this story for later. Bertica Cabrera Morris, a business and political consultant who was born in Cuba and has spent most of her adult life in central Florida, has helped several Republican Presidential candidates with Latino outreach, among them George W. Bush, John McCain, Mitt Romney, and Donald Trump. Some won; some lost, as Trump did this fall, but not before increasing his share of the Latino vote to thirty-two per cent, up four points from 2016, according to exit polls. “We are terribly sad” that Trump lost, Cabrera Morris said, but she expressed optimism that the next Republi...

Mona Charen The list of President Donald Trump’s pardons and clemencies so far looks a lot like a supermarket tabloid: In other words, a lot like Trump’s life itself. There’s Rod Blagojevich with his saucy smile, and there’s smug Joe Arpaio. Every president’s pardon list contains some self-serving or controversial picks; think of then-President Bill Clinton’s pardon for Marc Rich or former President Barack Obama’s commutation of Chelsea Manning’s sentence to time served. But every other president in American history has chosen some worthy recipients of executive clemency as we...

The pardons of the ex-contractors involved in the killings of Iraqi civilians drew rebukes from civil rights groups in particular. The executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim advocacy group, called it "an unconscionable act of moral insanity." The four ex-contractors worked for Blackwater, a firm founded by Erik Prince, one of Trump's allies and the brother of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos "The idea of the pardon power is really to address injustice and to either right wrongs or show mercy when that’s appropriate," said Noah Bookbinder, executive director...

50 Christmases LIVE Stream 50 Christmases LIVE Stream Thank you SO much, SOS Family, for bringing hope to the kids of incarcerated parents. You are invited to join in and experience the very same LIVE Stream 50 Christmases Event that the families will be streaming! Even Matthew West will be there! WHEN: Tuesday, Dec. 22, 6pm Pacific WHERE: LIVE Streamed via Facebook on the following pages: A quick message from the CEO of Hope For Prisoners, Jon Ponder: 50-Christmases is here! Trees have been set up, all the gifts and food has been delivered. There are no words to describe the overwhelming joy...